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Donald H Sefton
 I moved to the mid Wilshire District after graduation and after a couple of years and while working at the Santa Monica based think tank "RAND" in IT, I moved to Santa Monica. I met my wife Penny there (she was a fellow Randite). I moved on to UCB (United California Bank, now First Interstate Bank) for a year as a senior programmer before taking a job in Beverly Hills as a Project Manager and later Systems & Programming Manager at then American Medical International (now Tenet Health). I decided that work as an employee couldn't get any better than at AMI (they overpaid me and flew me around the world first class) but I hated the corporate politics (I still don't have a compromising bone in my entire body) and I didn''t care for the personnel issues with middle tier management that I was operating in, so I started my own business as a "lone ranger" type consultant. After a couple of years, I was vacationing regularly in Europe (I lost count at 36 trips there over the years from a first trip in 1972 to the most recent in 2019) and my clients insisted I provide coverage" for my absences. I reluctantly began hiring employees (that was one of two issues that had driven me away from AMI and on my own). I still have the same company (Systems Consultants) and have about 35 full time employees and another 100 part timers that equate to about another 30 full time equivalents. Fortunately, I have some great senior management here and it allows me to carve out and do the part of the work I love (the programming and system design) and avoid the part I don't like (personnel issues). I'm also the "Corporate Pilot". We have a twin engine cabin class plane that can take 8 folks to various clients. Neither my bladder nor my passengers' can match the legs that the fuel cells offer anymore; that is, about 1,000 miles or 4 hours), but fortunately, most of our trips are shorter than that and don't require multiple legs. In the course of working as a consultant at the then Naval Strike Warfare Center, I caught the aviation bug and have a commercial pilot's license and multi-engine and sea ratings. The corporate plane is kind of like driving an SUV ... you don't feel much like a pilot, and more a chauffeur, so I bought a Super Decathlon (rag and tube, two seat, single engine aerobatic airplane) and have been flying it aerobatically (for fun) for about 10 years now. (yup I can still pull 6 G's which is as much as my plane will safely withstand) I've been going through the IAC (International Aerobatic Club) levels and have completed the Primary, Sportsman and Intermediate levels. Alas, that's as far as I can go with the Decathlon ... I'd come out of the sky in an ugly spin attempting some of the maneuvers in the Advanced and Unlimited Catalogs. I'd need a airplane with more engine (I'd love an Extra 330 big engined, carbon fiber bodied plan that is capable of 10 Gs) to handle the full series of levels of the IAC, but at "our age" I think that is a bit imprudent so I'll spend the money more wisely than that. I also caught the bug for SCUBA Diving and have dived by Kauai and Maui, Lake Tahoe, Belize, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Next dive vacation is booked at a Sandals in St. Lucia next March. I have also collected various dive certifications (I was never a boy scout, so I must have missed merit badges) over the years and have both Rescue Diver and Master Diver (not Divemaster) on my certs. In the course of our travels, we've been to all seven continents, including even Antarctica in 2002. And in the quest to see Polar Bears we've also spent 10 days in Churchill Canada on the shores of Hudson Bay as well as a cruise around Svalbard (a Norwegian Archipelago about 650 miles from the North Pole, above 78 degrees of latitude in any event) in an ice cutter. I've hunted in Africa (2012) as well as had photo safari's there (2008, 2016). We still have the ranch in Fallon and the planes are hangared here at Fallon Municipal Airport. But we've had a connection to New Orleans since 2013. Our oldest daughter attended CSU as an undergrad and then went on to Veterinary School at CSU graduating in 2013. She interned in Metairie Louisiana and then bought into a practice there and made her domicile in Mandeville on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain some 30 miles from New Orleans proper. We ended up buying a second home in the same community as our daughter and son-in-law (and now 3 grandchildren). It takes me 4 minutes (3 when I'm moving briskly and without grandkids) to walk from our house to theirs. We also have a pied-a-terre in the French Quarter within rock throwing distance of Lafitte's Bar on Bourbon Street. Not that I'd ever throw rocks at the good patron's of Lafitte's ... more likely to send an empty Abita "Purple Haze" beer bottle their way from the balcony. I managed to meet up with our classmate Jim Smith down there the year before COVID. We reconnected after more than 25 years and I found out that he'd been attending the Jazz Festival there for more than 30 years, so we made that an occasion for us to reconnect in person (we've both lost a lot of hair!). I also saw Pete Yoakum on multiple occasions when he was living on Bainbridge Island in the Seattle area. I would fly up from Fallon to the Tacoma Airport and stay at his house and we'd go see our alma mater's (USC vs. UW) play football by Lake Union. Now Pete is in Kansas and I'm threatening to fly through there when I make one of my trips to New Orleans hauling furniture or other awkward items from the ranch in Fallon to the home in Mandeville. I guess at some point I'll retire, but I'm not sure what I'd do and I have plenty to do now both here in Fallon and down in the New Orleans area. Looking forward to seeing folks again at this reunion. Jim Smith has even threatened to attend. I don't think he's been to one since the 10 Year at the Quay on the Columbia River!  Send Donald H a Message
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Sherry Seger (Prendergast)
2019-12-21 18:43:31
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Mary (now Luana) Sheehan (McElwain)
2019-12-23 19:47:39
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Tom Sigler
 
retired
Married
2
2021-07-12 14:09:30
Anne and I are blessed beyond belief, currently building a new home in Sisters, Oregon. Enjoying the great activities in this area and starting over as grandparents. My son and his wife have small children here in the area, and our other grandkids are all now driving and do not think we are as cool as we were when they were younger. Looking forward to another reunion with my "OLD" high school friends.
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Claudian Smith (Tessandori)
 
Retired
Married
1
2020-02-12 12:40:45
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Jackie Stiger (Chambers)
retired
Married
3
2020-02-12 12:40:07
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Rick Teeter
 
Retired ( IBM )
Married
2020-02-23 23:17:08
'71-'76. US Navy. Aviation Electronic Technician Repaired airborne radar jamming equipment. Made several cruises on aircraft carriers. Saw the world. Hint: it's mostly water.'76-'77. Oregon State Universary Electrical Engineering. Discovered that being a 25 yo freshman wasn't much fun. Met my future wife, Nancy, a graduating senior and we got married Sept. '77. '77-'78 Walnut Creek, Ca. Worked at Siemens Medical Laboratory building x-ray machines while Nancy attended a Dietetic internship at UC Berkley. '78-'83 Portland. Worked for IBM fixing computer equipment. '83-2007 San Jose, Ca Software Engineer with IBM. 2007 to present. Tucson, Az. Retired, traveling, playing golf...Living the dream! Looking forward to seeing everyone for the 50th! Send Rick a Message
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Chris Urling
 
retired
Committed Relationship
2
2021-08-30 20:13:37
Sorry I missed the reuion. Looked like a good one!
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Jennifer VanOrsdel
Retired
Married
2
2019-12-25 15:21:40
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Stacy Walker
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Karen Wallace (Bartelt)
 
Married
2
2021-07-26 21:50:59
Hi Alums! Life didn't take me far from home and I happily raised my two sons in LO. I've been a writer since Scholastica Murty's English class, and among other things, was a columnist for The Oregonian. These days I'm retired, but I do teach writing (to homeless transitioning from the streets) at Bybee Lakes Hope Center, formerly Wapato Jail.Jeff Bartelt (class of '71) and I have been married for eleven years. Between us we have three grandkids whom we love to visit. We mostly spend our time trying to remember where we left our car keys. Our goal is to be the oldest skiers on the slopes. My parents, George(98) and Jan(95), are still alive and doing amazingly well. I spend lots of time with them. They send you their best wishes...and so do I. Hope to see you in August! Send Karen a Message
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Susan Watts
 
Retired lawyer
Married
2
2021-04-24 10:13:23
After graduating from University of Oregon Law School in 1977, I practiced law in Portland a little over 39 years. I enjoyed what I did, but I was happy to retire at the end of 2016 to have more time to do other things. My husband and I are fortunate our two children and three grandchildren live in the Portland area, and we continued to see them regularly during the pandemic.Unfortunately, I will miss the reunion because I will be attending a (pandemic postponed) wedding in Washington the same weekend. I hope everyone enjoys themselves at the reunion. Send Susan a Message
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Rick Whitney
Retired-Automotive Frame Repair
Married
2
2019-12-25 15:24:26
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sue wilcox (vican)
 
Self-Employed
Married
2
2021-08-21 13:25:07
Hi All, Can't make the reunion but hope you all have a fine time.... I've already enjoyed looking at your profiles... After high school I majored in French at PSU... Then left Portland to go to grad school at UC Berkeley, back in what seems like another life time. Married, 2 young adult boys, a killer toy poodle. My career has mostly been in the financial sector ranging from working for the phone company on one end of the size spectrum to being involved in venture-backed start ups at the other end of things....definitely prefer the craziness of the latter..... Have always enjoyed the outdoors....some of you may remember that I was an avid skier in high school, and traveling when ever possible..... these days I do a lot of yoga and dog walks.... Feel free to contact me to catch up on a lot of time gone by...........
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Matt Wood
retired
Married
1
2021-07-12 13:37:04
I went to work at "the local cement plant on State Street" and retired 43 years later. Susan Dunaway and I met at the LO 20th reunion and married the following summer. We moved to Kansas City, then Colorado and back to Oregon and then retired to Tucson.
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Peter Yoakum
 
Independent Film Producer
Married
5
2021-07-28 14:00:05
Currently residing in flyover country. Deeply miss the salt water, but I love the bourbon and smoked ribs. Send Peter a Message
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Chris Young (Chenoweth)
 
Early Childhood Education
Married
2
2021-08-16 14:11:25
I have been married to Jeff Chenoweth (LOHS class of 71) for 42 years now. We lived in Alaska for 8 years then returned to Portland and eventually LO where we raised our daughter and son. We have a grandaughter and grandson are so much fun & who we get to see often. We still ski a bit, and spend our time hanging out with friends & family outdoors and travelling. I spent 33 years in the Early Childhood Education field.
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Margaret Young (Ray)
 
Manufacturing
Widowed
2
2021-03-02 14:30:04
Hi everyone! Looking forward to seeing you all.
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